waterfall

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈwɔːtəfɔːl/
• (America) enPR: wôʹtər-fôl, IPA: /ˈwɔtɚfɔl/

Noun

waterfall (plural waterfalls)

1. a flow of water over the edge of a cliff.

   Synonyms: cataract, cascade

2. (figuratively) A waterfall-like outpouring of liquid, smoke, etc.

   A waterfall of mist came from the open freezer.

3. (technical, computing, slang) Waterfall model

   A very long duration project […] had taken a whole group of people through a painful waterfall development process.

4. (slang, America) The action of drinking from a vessel without touching it with the lips, considered more sanitary for a shared vessel.

   Hey man, can I take a waterfall from your bottle?

5. (colloquial, dated) A necktie.
6. (colloquial, dated) A chignon.

Synonyms

• (flow of water over the edge a cliff): cascade, cataract, sault

Translations

• French: cascade, chute d'eau
• German: Wasserfall (common), Katarakt
• Italian: cascata
• Portuguese: cachoeira, queda-d'água, cascata, salto, catarata
• Russian: водопа́д
• Spanish: catarata, cascada, caída de agua

Translations

• German: Wasserfall, Kaskade
• Italian: cascata
• Portuguese: cascata
• Russian: водопа́д
• Spanish: cascada

Verb

waterfall (waterfalls, present participle waterfalling; past and past participle waterfalled)

1. (intransitive) To fall like a waterfall.
2. (transitive) To drink (something) from a container by pouring it from a height so as not to touch one's lips to the rim.

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